Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	143% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	288% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 19:26
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-5675C-$289 945 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 516 66% 500 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% EVGA(3842 3885) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4850 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	143% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 233 Parallax 278 143% 229 fps	MRender 306 Gravity 227 Splatting 144 175% 225 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 202%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1114 1837 2089 1696 1018 952 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,008 Write 1,815 Mixed 1,401 SusWrite 1,451 375% 1,669 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 69.7 238% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1156 DQ Write 892 DQ Mixed 1,054 780% 1,034 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 425%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 38.8 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,401x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	454x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	221x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	126x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	109x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	103x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16